Shoulder protector for shoulder straps



March 28, 1950 F. Y. TRENT 2,501,749

SHOULDER PROTECTOR FOR SHOULDER STRAPS Filed Sept. 9, 1948 Florence Y.Trent INVENTOR.

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Patented Mar. 28, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOULDER PROTECTORFOR SHOULDER STRAPS 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoulderprotectors and more particularly to the provision of a shield to preventdiscomfort caused by the shoulder straps of a womans garment and also toprovide means for holding the shoulder strap from falling off theshoulder.

An important object of the invention is to provide a shoulder protectoror shield embodying means for easily and quickly attaching a shoulderstrap thereto without requiring the use of separate fasteners therefor.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable inuse, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive tomanufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which thesame is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in use;

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the shoulderprotectors or shields; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the inventionthe numeral 5 designates an ovate pad which may be constructed of cloth,plastic or other suitable light weight material, with one end of the padtapered as shown at 6.

The pad is formed substantially at its central portion with asubstantially S-shaped slot 1 to provide a pair of oppositely extendingspaced parallel tongues 8.

In the use of the invention the pad 5 is placed on the shoulder 9 of aperson with the tapered end 6 pointed toward the outer edge of theshoulder as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing and the shoulder strap 10of a garment II is inserted under the tongues 8.

The pad 5 thus prevents chafing by the strap II) to thus avoiddiscomfort to the wearer and the tongues 8 of the pad hold the strapfrom falling off the shoulder of the wearer.

Where the pad 5 is constructed of cloth or other suitable flexiblematerial the same will conform to the contour of the shoulder and whenthe pad is constructed of plastic or similar stiff more resilientmaterial the same is curved transversely to conformably fit on theshoulder.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A shoulder protector comprising a pad having a substantially s-shapedslot formed in the central portion of the pad and a pair of oppositelyextending tongues positioned in the slot in spaced parallel relationwith respect to each other and coplanar with the surface of the pad forreceiving a shoulder strap under the tongues.

FLORENCE Y. TRENT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,546,067 Goldschmidt July 14,1925 2,012,466 Goldsmith et al. Aug. 2'7, 1935 2,285,714 Hirsch June 9,1942 2,444,806 Cleasby July 6, 1948

